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Shreyas Talamakki

Skewb · top 2.2% of 73,281 all-time · competing since October 2012 · 2012TALA02

Shreyas Talamakki has been competing for 14 years. His best event is the Skewb: a personal-best single of 2.28, set at Carnegie Mellon Winter 2014, puts him in the top 2.2% of the 73,281 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 43rd in India. Until February 2014, no official Skewb solve in the world had been that fast. Across 22 competitions since October 2012, he has put 912 official solves on the record across ten events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 12% around a typical one, steadier than 78% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 29.27 in October 2012 to 9.00, a 69% improvement. Shreyas has entered 22 competitions, more competitions than 97% of everyone who has ever competed.

Skewb
best event — top 2.2% of 73,281 all-time
2.28
signature single · Carnegie Mellon Winter 2014
912
official solves on the record
12%
solve-to-solve spread · steadier than 78% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingIndia
Skewb2.285.25
top 2.2%43 / 3,524
3×3 one-handed13.0416.62
top 4.5%133 / 4,516
3×39.0011.03
top 4.9%493 / 20,018
2×22.583.89
top 9.7%785 / 12,146
Pyraminx4.837.07
top 12.1%712 / 8,934
Clock10.9012.30
top 29.6%254 / 1,092
4×459.301:06.94
top 35.7%1,127 / 4,186
3×3 Fewest Moves40 moves—
top 48.3%225 / 600
5×52:05.272:26.72
top 52.5%682 / 1,525
Megaminx3:19.73—
early days — 2 solves999 / 1,443

Percentile against all competitors ever ranked in each event, a fairer measure than raw rank, because the pools differ by a factor of ten.

The line so far

Chennai Mathematical Institute Open 2012: 29.27CMI Fiesta Open 2013: 17.16VIT Rubik's Challenge 2013: 15.03Houston Winter Open 2014: 13.16Blizzard Town 2014: 12.27Carte Blanche Kube Open 2014: 13.03Dixon Spring 2014: 13.25Michigan May Madness 2014: 9.01New Albany Open 2014: 9.64Michigan 2014: 9.69Indian Nationals 2014: 9.80Indian Cube Challenge 2014: 10.20Michigan Mystery 2014: 9.81Carnegie Mellon Winter 2014: 11.57Michigan Cubing Club Alpha 2015: 9.00Summit City Open 2015: 10.33Michigan Cubing Club Beta 2015: 9.60Michigan 2015: 9.67Michigan Cubing Club Delta 2015: 9.65Dayton Spring 2016: 11.05Michigan 2016: 10.35Bay Area Speedcubin' 14 2019: 9.669.0029.276 Oct 201216 Feb 2019

Best single per competition, 3×3. Faster is higher — the axis is the right way up.

The story so far

Competitions

Reading this page: a single is one solve's time · an average is the middle three of five solves, best and worst discarded · a PB is a personal best · a DNF (did not finish) is an attempt with no valid result: a popped piece, an unsolved face, an over-limit memorisation · top X% compares against everyone ever ranked in that event, which is fairer than raw rank because event pools differ tenfold.

The circuit

The people whose scorecards keep turning up next to his.

Next targets

  • A sub-2 Skewb single — 1,013 people have one; it is 0.28 away.
  • A sub-12 3×3 one-handed single — 2,187 people have one; it is 1.04 away.

Targets move as he improves.